Optical constants

Refractive index of L-LAH53 (OHARA)

L-LAH53: n,k 0.34–0.7 µm

Data
formula 2 + tabulated k
Range
0.34–0.7 µm
Temperature
298 K
Licence
CC0-1.0

Plot

Click the plot to set the calculator wavelength.

At one wavelength

Range 0.34–0.7 µm
Refractive index n
1.80625
Extinction coefficient k
9.36134e-09
Permittivity ε1
3.26252
Permittivity ε2
3.38178e-08
Absorption coefficient α
0.00200201 cm⁻¹
Penetration depth δ = λ/(2πk)
9.98996e+09 nm
Abbe number Vd
40.907
Chromatic dispersion dn/dλ
-0.10058 µm⁻¹
Group index ng
1.86535
Group velocity dispersion
189.351 fs²/mm
Dispersion parameter D
-1033.01 ps/(nm·km)
Photon energy
2.11001 eV

ε = (n + ik)², α = 4πk/λ, ng = n − λ dn/dλ, GVD = λ³/(2πc²) d²n/dλ², D = −(λ/c) d²n/dλ². Group-velocity dispersion is given for formula data only.

Use it in Lightsmith

Load this data in Python, simulate in one more line

pip install lightsmith
import lightsmith as ls

# L-LAH53 (OHARA): L-LAH53
ohara_l_lah53 = ls.fetch_refractiveindex("specs", "OHARA-optical", "L-LAH53", ref="c5c2f188e848453def5970e347399d653df2ffc2")
print(ohara_l_lah53.range_nm)  # (340, 700) nm
eps = ohara_l_lah53.eps([633])  # complex permittivity

Downloads the original record once (pinned to the imported snapshot) and caches it.

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Dispersion formula

Sellmeier (C in µm²) (formula 2), λ in µm
n2−1=1.87409991λ2λ2−0.00993318344+0.297921402λ2λ2−0.0405501825+1.35064285λ2λ2−100.5022

Valid from 0.34 to 0.7 µm.

Coefficients as stored
CiValue
C10.0
C21.87409991
C30.00993318344
C40.297921402
C50.0405501825
C61.35064285
C7100.5022

Comments and conditions

Low Softening Temperature

Conditions

temperature
298 K

Properties

thermal dispersion
type: formula A, coefficients: 7.31e-06 1.04e-08 -8.93e-12 7.66e-07 7.96e-10 0.229
nd
1.806249
Vd
40.907302
glass code
806409
density
value: 4490
thermal expansion
value: 5.9e-06, temperature range: 243 343; value: 7.2e-06, temperature range: 293 573
dPgF
-0.0065
resistance
acid: 51.2; climatic: 1.0; phosphate: 2.0

Thermo-optic coefficient

  • Schott thermal-dispersion model (reference temperature 298.0 K): dn/dT = 5.93e-06 K⁻¹ at 633 nm

References

Cite

OHARA Zemax catalog 2017-11-30 (obtained from http://www.ohara-inc.co.jp); See also OHARA glass data sheets; Data from the refractiveindex.info database (M. N. Polyanskiy, Sci. Data 11, 94 (2024), doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02898-2)

Data

Computed on 414 wavelengths, the same grid as the API and the library
L-LAH53 (OHARA), L-LAH53: n and k versus wavelength
λ (µm)nk
0.341.8728625.520100e-06
0.3406161.8724355.306022e-06
0.3412331.8720125.091556e-06
0.3418511.8715914.876702e-06
0.342471.8711724.661458e-06
0.3430911.8707564.445825e-06
0.3437121.8703424.229801e-06
0.3443351.869934.013385e-06
0.3449591.8695213.796578e-06
0.3455841.8691143.579378e-06
0.346211.868713.361784e-06
0.3468371.8683073.143796e-06
0.3474651.8679082.925414e-06
0.3480941.867512.706635e-06
0.3487251.8671142.487461e-06
0.3493571.8667212.267889e-06
0.349991.866332.047920e-06
0.351.8663242.044300e-06
0.3506241.8659421.980538e-06
0.3512591.8655551.915593e-06
0.3518951.8651711.850531e-06
0.3525331.8647881.785351e-06
0.3531711.8644081.720053e-06
0.3538111.864031.654636e-06
0.3544521.8636541.589101e-06
0.3550941.863281.523448e-06
0.3557371.8629081.457675e-06
0.3563821.8625391.391783e-06
0.3570271.8621711.325772e-06
0.3576741.8618051.259642e-06
0.3583221.8614421.193391e-06
0.3589711.861081.127021e-06
0.3596211.860721.060530e-06
0.361.8605121.021800e-06
0.3602731.8603621.007936e-06
0.3609251.8600069.747534e-07
0.3615791.8596529.415108e-07
0.3622341.85939.082079e-07
0.362891.858958.748448e-07
0.3635481.8586028.414211e-07
0.3642061.8582568.079370e-07
0.3648661.8579117.743921e-07
0.3655271.8575687.407866e-07
0.3661891.8572277.071201e-07
0.3668521.8568886.733926e-07
0.3675171.8565516.396041e-07
0.3681831.8562166.057543e-07
0.368851.8558825.718433e-07
0.3695181.855555.378707e-07
0.371.8553125.133600e-07
0.3701871.855225.092108e-07
0.3708581.8548914.943558e-07
0.371531.8545654.794739e-07
0.3722031.854244.645650e-07
0.3728771.8539164.496292e-07
0.3735521.8535954.346662e-07
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0.3810641.8501652.812219e-07
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0.3859221.848082.327300e-07
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0.3873221.8474982.187620e-07
0.3880231.847212.117590e-07
0.3887261.8469222.047433e-07
0.389431.8466361.977149e-07
0.391.8464061.920300e-07
0.3901361.8463521.912314e-07
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0.3943961.8446741.661975e-07
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0.3987021.8430461.408903e-07
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0.41.8425671.332600e-07
0.4001471.8425131.328761e-07
0.4008721.8422491.309890e-07
0.4015991.8419861.290984e-07
0.4023261.8417251.272045e-07
0.4030551.8414641.253071e-07
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0.4081941.8396771.119287e-07
0.4089331.8394261.100037e-07
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0.4104161.8389291.061431e-07
0.4111591.8386821.042075e-07
0.4119041.8384361.022685e-07
0.412651.8381911.003259e-07
0.4133981.8379489.837981e-08
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0.6812521.7986855.423929e-09
0.6824861.7986055.433755e-09
0.6837231.7985255.443599e-09
0.6849611.7984465.453460e-09
0.6862021.7983675.463339e-09
0.6874451.7982885.473237e-09
0.688691.798215.483152e-09
0.6899381.7981325.493085e-09
0.6911881.7980545.503036e-09
0.692441.7979765.513005e-09
0.6936941.7978985.522992e-09
0.6949511.7978215.532997e-09
0.696211.7977445.543021e-09
0.6974711.7976685.553062e-09
0.6987341.7975915.563122e-09
0.71.7975155.573200e-09

Optical transmission calculator

Free-standing sample in vacuum, normal incidence
Method
Transmittance T
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Reflectance R
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Fresnel reflection calculator

Direction
Rp
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Rs
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R = (Rp+Rs)/2
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Phase φp
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Phase φs
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Brewster angle θB
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Critical angle θC
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